Debra Gaye Gallander

Debra Gallander, born August 16, 1965, in Houston Texas. Passed away May 24, 2025 in Austin Tx. Mother, Mary McClelland Lambert and father, Robert "Bob" Frank Lambert. Preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Ryan Campbell, her daughter, Electra-Renee Michelle Pearce and her mother Mary and father Bob. She was also adopted at birth, and in 1979, her biological father, Charles Ray Russback, was killed, so she never met him.
Survived by her children, Amanda White-Rowe, son-in-law, Eli Rowe, son, Kristoffer Gallander and his wife, Kassandra (Sandy) McMullen. Grand children, Chandler Rowe, his wife Cassandra (Cass) Rowe, Erika Rowe-Reeves, husband, Kaleb Reeves. Great Granddaughter, Historia Rae Rowe, Great granddaughter, Fae Amythest Rowe, and Great granddaughter Violet, sister-in-law Darlene Adams Koons (divorced from brother BUT I kept her)
Debra was all about her family. She would go to the ends of the Earth for each and everyone of them. When her Great Grand-Daughter was born she was over the moon, she just wished that her late husband, Jimmy Campbell, could have been there. She was always trying to be the best she could, even though at times she thought she wasn't deserving. If you were her friend, you were considered family. She was a member of the Paige Lions Club (joined March 1, 2023) and donated her time trying to help others in any way she could. She had been through a great deal of heartbreaks over the years. Her best friend, Angie, who perished in a car wreck that Debra was also in, in 1982. The passing of her mother to Cancer in 1985. Finding her biological father in 2003 to find out he was murdered the 4th of July 1979 and she never met him (she was accepted by his family in 2004). Her daughter, Electra-Renee Michelle Pearce in 2019, the month before her husbands diagnosis of Cancer. The loss of her husband, at the time of 33 years, in 2021 (to whom did NOT die of Cancer, but with complications of Pneumonia due to the Texas Freeze) and her father in 2022.
She asked to say "I love each and every one of you. You've brought so much meaning, joy, laughter, and love to my life, especially when I thought mine was over after Jim's passing. Please keep me in your hearts and know that no matter what I will always be with you, in your hearts, dreams, minute and second for the rest of your lives. I'm so proud of the amazing daughter I have and her loving husband, Eli Rowe (Skinny, just had to say it), my grandson, Chandler Rowe, that has grown into such a great man, and father, my granddaughter, Erika Rowe Reeves her husband, Kaleb Reeves, she has always had such a BIG heart for everyone, and was a PAPA's girl. I LOVE ALL OF YOU FOREVER, AND NEVER EVER FORGET THAT"